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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Thank You in Sign Language

Who wants to learn saying thank you in American Sign Language? It's fairly easy. I was only surprised to learn there are more than one sign language and each country has their own... Somehow I thought the language was international and believed it was easy for deaf people to interact with one another when traveling, but no. And this is kind of upsetting, if you ask me.

Um, yeah, I think it is ridiculous that each country/region has their own sign language. It should TOTALLY be universal!

That being said, I'm thankful you posted this video. I'm happy to know how to say "thank you" in American sign language. I have a friend with a deaf son (he's two) so now I'm going to have a new word to use with him!

1. That was the cutest video I have EVER seen. I love sign language and have always been really captivated by it.

2. I had no idea that there were different dialects of sign language in different regions. However, it does make sense. They do call it AMERICAN Sign Language and not British Sign Language or African Sign Language. And yet on the other hand, it might really be hard to communicate when traveling.

I never knew there were different signs for different countries. Although Ive interacted with deaf people here in our country and they use the same sign for thank you. I guess, American sign language is what we also use here :)

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Oh that's so sweet! I love the baby- when I was younger I worked in a daycare with toddlers and before they were vocal, we taught them to sign for things like "more" and "thank you". It worked so well.